On 06/05/2014 03:15 PM, eric ernst wrote: > > On 14-06-05 03:16 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: >> On Thu, 5 Jun 2014 15:09:17 -0700 eric.er...@linux.intel.com wrote: >> >>> Create a kernel cmdline parameter, "version_addendum", which can be >>> used to add text to the kernel version that is reported from >>> /proc/version. >> why? > We have a need to keep a single product binary (kernel) across multiple > android devices. A subset of these platforms are looking for extra > versioning information appended to it, accessible via /proc/version. Rather > than build multiple otherwise identical kernels with only this extended > versioning as differentiation, we are looking to make this a command line > parameter. Understandable if there isn't enough value-add for the community > in this patch, but I figured I'd give the patch a shot, as we need this > functionality locally. Thanks.
Please use a newline character every 70-72 characters instead of assuming that all email programs will break that extra long line up into a readable format. (mine does not.) What software needs to know the version info? how early does it run? Could it get the version info from 'uname -r' instead of from /proc/version? thanks, -- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
